Indeed, a 'false-positive' courtesy of CA (first i've had in 18 months...that
teaches me to plug them!).
A lot of unhappy CA users on the CA user forums overnight and this morning.
Those running SP3 on XP the most angry...
mike

>>> In WinTips-Tricks@yahoogroups.com, "Michael Welch" <TechZilla@...>
wrote:Mike, If this is the origional location...c:\windows\downloaded program
files\fp_ax_cab_installer.exe it may be Adobe Flash Player. If you googleup
fp_ax_cab_installer.exe you will find all sorts of references to it but only a
few that mention Adobe.
Detecting it as a piece of malware may be what is called a "false positive".
However, it could also be a variation of what CA calls
> Win32/AMalum.ZZIOZ and may be related to Alfons.1344. No way of knowing
actually since since malware security software manufacturers
> can't seem to agree on a naming convention for malware. So those names are
specific likely to CA.
Since it's an installer there is no reason actually to leave it in quarantine.
If it was maliciuos and part of something else that
is going to be an reoccuring event, it likely will appear and be quarantined
again. However if you just did an update on Adobe
> website recently, it may indicate the reason for the presence of
fp_ax_cab_installer.exe (flash player activeX installer).
Michael